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From: brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk (Brian Somers)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Batch FTP and Web Pages
Date: 5 Jul 1996 15:00:23 -0500
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tedm@agora.rdrop.com wrote:

: I'm quite sure that Microsoft, Apple, Novell and friends aren't going to shed many
: tears over this however.  They have already decided that the Intranet market is
: where the money is at, and would just as soon see the Internet people go away.
: Seriously, do you really think a model like Java is designed for the 28.8k dialup
: market?!?!

I'll bet you're right, but I think the best philosophy is to assume that the
hardware capacity will catch up with the software requirements.  Java's a
good idea, but not yet.... IMHO, the internet is just about recovering from
the introduction of the web.

--
Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk>
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....